Microsoft is prepared to walk away from its high-stakes talks with OpenAI over the future of its multibillion-dollar alliance, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The tech giant has considered halting complex discussions with the ChatGPT maker if the two sides remain unable to agree on critical issues such as the size of Microsoft's future stake in OpenAI,

At the heart of the dispute is OpenAI's desire to restructure to a for-profit business, a move that requires Microsoft's approval.

The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI may run to the federal government and accuse Microsoft—its own sugar daddy—of anti-competitive practices. Were this to happen, OpenAI execs claim they would seek a federal regulatory review of the terms of the contract between them and Microsoft,